Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'spoken' occurs 609 times in the standard works.

151 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'spoken' in the standard works and contain 24.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 62 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 10:25-28 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 5:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 5:43-47 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 12:24-27 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 33:1 (3 in 1 verse)

Hel. 8:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Job 42:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 20:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 2:34-36 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 34:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 12:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 5:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 15:35 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 17:45 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 9:40 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 25:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 6:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 4:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 10:12 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 13:25 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 1:38 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 57:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 1:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Moses 5:53 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 16:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 48:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 2:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

John 12:48-49 (2 in 2 verses)

John 18:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)


Acts 13:45-46 (2 in 2 verses)

 13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.




Heb. 2:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 3:25-4:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 6:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:40-41 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 11:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 13:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 6:8-7:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 7:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 14:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 11:41-12:1 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 77:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 196 0 196
NT 91 0 91
Matt. 15 0 15
Mark 6 0 6
Luke 9 0 9
John 18 0 18
Acts 20 0 20
Rom. 4 0 4
1 Cor. 2 0 2
2 Cor. 1 0 1
Heb. 10 0 10
James 1 0 1
1 Pet. 1 0 1
2 Pet. 2 0 2
Jude 2 0 2
BM 250 0 250
DC 59 0 59
PGP 13 0 13
TOTAL 609 0 609

Acts 1:9
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

Acts 2:16
But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

Acts 3:21
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Acts 3:24
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Acts 8:24
Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

Acts 9:27
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

Acts 13:40
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Acts 16:14
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Acts 19:36
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

Acts 19:41
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

Acts 20:36
And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

Acts 23:9
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

Acts 26:30
And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:

Acts 27:11
Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

Acts 27:35
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

Acts 28:22
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

Acts 28:24
And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.

Acts 28:25
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,